From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 20:21:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD031065673 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:21:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 229728FC08 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so1475723iad.13 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:21:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ilJBJfrOjXe7WNKfH5YlBln5GA6i3FqP/oc6Mmo8IKg=; b=Vm7X3fKKoAn0V4QqxyPQUX2VUHYw3THOgruQ9YTAxhXgzg4yWHkFC4ohUzCH7876Uw oz7p0lCPIUvy4J6ns+Bwy386ZRnlgT0EeW+O4TtPrrWv6DPNv/q8uBsf1TPeG8ked0PJ RpuEssjS7wbZUTJj3AD6+dkbM8bB24djw9EK0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.8.78 with SMTP id g14mr1965801ibg.85.1316550092726; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:21:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:21:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1316539947.1744.103.camel@xenon> References: <20110918042853.3D61C106566C@hub.freebsd.org> <1316521778.1744.92.camel@xenon> <1316539947.1744.103.camel@xenon> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:21:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Michal Varga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Garrett Cooper , Tom Evans , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no X after installing xorg + xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:21:34 -0000 On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Michal Varga wro= te: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 12:02 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> > =A0 =A0Newb hacker tip number one: try CTRL-ALT-F1 when you get the >> > technicolor screen. If your system isn't hosed then you'll get the >> > first tty. >> >> I do know this, before it was CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE and now it is >> CTRL + ALT + F1 :) =A0I am not exactly a ``newbie'' but I am not an >> ``expert'' as I am still learning :) >> > > Those two are very different kinds of beasts. CTRL+ALT+Fx is an > xf86/xorg substitute for the regular ALT+Fx (console switching), so that > ALT+Fx can be still used within X applications. > Yes :) I meant to kill X server, but it was depracated and now CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE needs to be in xorg.conf with the Zap as you mention it. The CTRL + ALT + FX FX =3D f1, ... f12 to change virtual terminals :) But in this case did the same thing, killed X and then CTRL+C to try from stopping loading automatically. > On the other hand, CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE is a "zap" command, that will let > you instantly kill a currently running X server. Note that in more > recent versions of xorg (incl. 7.5), CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE is disabled by > default. To get it working again, you will need to setup xorg.conf with > at least: > > Section "ServerLayout" > =A0Identifier =A0 =A0"Main Layout" > [...] > =A0InputDevice =A0 "Main Keyboard" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > [...] > =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"DontZap" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "False" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =A0Identifier =A0 =A0"Main Keyboard" > =A0Driver =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"kbd" > =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"XkbOptions" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"terminate:c= trl_alt_bksp" > EndSection > > > >> Garrett & all, >> >> I have X working :) =A0Used nvidia-driver, as specified in FreeBSD howto >> (handbook page). =A0changed 'nv' to 'nvidia', added nvidia_enable=3D"YES= " >> to /etc/rc.conf and now X works. =A0I am loading more software that is > > That's good to hear. Congratulations. > > m. > $ uname -a FreeBSD e213-amd64-1.grullahighschool.org 9.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 #0: Tue Sep 20 10:02:05 CDT 2011 root@e213-amd64-1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 $ > > -- > Michal Varga, > Stonehenge (Gmail account) > > > Regards, Antonio